Ingenico selects MSL as strategic global supplier.

MSL (Concord, MA, www.msl.com), an electronics manufacturing and supply-chain services company, announced that it has been chosen by Groupe Ingenico (Paris, France, www.ingenico.com) as its primary worldwide strategic supplier and will provide global support for Ingenico's line of electronic payment terminals.

As part of the multi-year agreement, Ingenico's subsidiary Telesincro, located in Barcelona, Spain, will transfer to MSL its manufacturing employees with technical expertise in electronic funds transfer point-of-sale (EFTPOS) and secure payment products, as well as certain assets and manufacturing space. The Barcelona plant, formerly Ingenico's only internal manufacturing site, manufactures approximately 600,000 terminals annually, approximately 40% of the company's global demand. MSL will provide manufacturing, build-to-order (BTO), order fulfillment and repair services to Ingenico from Barcelona and from additional locations worldwide.

Ingenico offers a complete range of electronic payment systems, including fixed, portable and mobile payment terminals, secure smart card readers and related EFTPOS peripherals. The company's product line also includes the first wireless terminal featuring Bluetooth technology. MSL supports multiple customers in the retail systems sector, including suppliers of point-of-sale (POS) terminals, secure EFT products and retail security equipment.